Master of Ceremonies

Miriama Kamo (Ngāi Tahu/Ngāti Mutunga) award winning broadcaster, writer, speaker, and environmental advocate returns as MC for the 2025 ICNZ Conference.

Miriama is host of Māori current affairs programme Marae and former host of TVNZ’s flagship current affairs programme Sunday, and many of its news programmes.

Miriama is the Patron/Te Koruru of the NZer of the Year Awards. She was an executive judge from 2017 before stepping up as patron in 2020. Since her appointment she’s been establishing an alumni network, a partnership model honouring te Tiriti (the Treaty of Waitangi) in the awards, and a pastoral care model for winners.  

Miriama is passionate about supporting Māori practitioners in broadcast journalism and runs a mentoring scheme called Whaitiri Mentoring for young journalists of Māori descent. Miriama Kamo is a popular MC and speaker, an in-demand presence in the event circuit of Aotearoa/NZ.

Miriama looks forward to welcoming you to the ICNZ 2025 Conference as MC!